Their performance, Nueva Música de Nuevo México, will connect new music from New Mexico with an international audience, and bring selected John Donald Robb Field Recordings of historical New Mexican folk music back to Spain as part of the world premiere of a new composition.

The duo’s creative work is centered on the commissioning and performance of new compositions specifically written for them and for their instruments, the oboe and viola.

“This is a rarely explored instrumental combination and we have dedicated most of our careers to advancing new repertoire by new composers,” said Fredenbergh.

Over the summer, Vigneau and Fredenburgh commissioned a new composition by UNM alumnus, Steven Gomez. Traditionally written scores often prescribe how the musician should play the music, leaving little room for the musician’s own creativity. Gomez’ modern visual score of Raíces y Cielos (Roots and Skies) oboe, viola and fixed media (2018) encourages the musician to explore their artistic expression as they read notes and phrases layered on top of the branches and root system of a tree, rather than rows of five parallel lines typically found on traditional scores. The result is a collaborative composition where the roles of musician and composer blur, and for the audience, a musical improv experience.

Vigneau adds, “We are excited for this world premiere that celebrates the unique culture of contemporary art music and traditional folk music experienced in New Mexico and the opportunity to share a piece of New Mexico with the world.”

Their performance will also include two compositions by UNM Professors Peter Gilbert, If one has courage it is no sorrow to invent songs/ Si doulcement me fait Amours doloir (2013), and Patricia Ann Repar, “Alex” for oboe, viola, and digital accompaniment (2014).

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The Inpost Artspace is pleased to announce Adjacent Possible, a selection of monotypes created while in residence at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont by Isadora Stowe. Additionally, each monotype is layered with spray-paint, stencils, collage and abstracted topographical map drawings. Stowe is a multi-media artist and arts lecturer whose work focuses on the narrative of environment translated and coded into complex psychological landscapes. Stowe grew up in the southwest border region, living and working in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.

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Free concert, Saturday, March 30 at the CFA Downtown Studio!

Featuring:
Eugene Chadbourne / Ryan Seward, Alan Zimmerman

113 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM
7:30pm
$10 suggested donation

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On his compulsive own, Eugene Chadbourne (previously the guitarist and leader of Shockabilly) has spewed forth a ceaseless stream of records and cassettes (the latter on his own Parachute label) that easily represent the oddest version of country and folk music ever. While the notable left-winger’s guitar playing is looser than clams, it harbors wildly unique energy. He also plays the electric rake. The North Carolinian is the master of several different voices, some of them deceptively sincere. Harsh, funny, irritating and packed with ideas, Chadbourne often suggests a politically correct Frank Zappa. He has collaborated with an astounding number of artists over the years, including Camper Van Beethoven, John Zorn, Henry Kaiser, and Jimmy Carl Black.

Ryan Seward is a percussionist, improviser, and composer based in Denver, Colorado.

Alan Zimmerman is an Albuquerque-based percussionist working in the fields of contemporary classical and improvised music.

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Open Studio with Xylor Jane is presented by the UNM Department of Art 2019 Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist Project. Xylor Jane integrates mathematics, prime numbers, puzzles, patterns, and optical illusions to create mesmerizing paintings. Represented by the CANADA gallery in New York City, Xylor’s studio will be open for viewing of artwork and conversation with the artist.

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UNM’s College of Fine Arts Dean's Office is pleased to announce once again the availability of travel grants to select CFA students. Launched in 2013, the CFA Dean’s Travel Grant Award program has been able to send over 200 students to study and perform around the...

Because It’s Time: Unraveling Race and Place in NM examines race and identity in New Mexico and is a space for artistic expression that grapples with the complexities of who we are, how we are understood, and how that impacts the way we live (or don’t) in a variety of places.

University of New Mexico alumna Carol Payne banded together with her colleagues at Industrial Light & Magic to create Women in VFX, a series that highlights women working in visual effects for film and television.

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